Mary was married with childrenHad the perfect suburban lifeTil her husband came clean with the help of Jim BeamAnd confessed all his sins in one nightSaid he'd fallen in love with a barmaidSaid she made him feel reckless and youngAnd when he got through, what else could she doShe just let that pony run

You do what you gotta doYou know what you knowYou hang on til you can't hang onAnd then you learn to let goYou get what you want sometimesBut when it's all said and doneYou do what you gotta doAnd then you let that pony run

Mary moved to West VirginiaAfter the shock wore offShe got a divorce and a chestnut horseAnd a barn with an old hayloftAnd sometimes she rides by the riverSays it makes her feel reckless and youngShe closes her eyes and she holds on tightAnd she lets that pony run